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Today’s episode features a segment from our July 2026 member meetup. WooCommerce developer advocate Brian Coords joined us to discuss what’s new with the e-commerce platform. Brian demonstrated upcoming features and explained why Woo is focusing on fixing longstanding bugs.

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Today’s episode features a segment from Matt’s talk with WPSignal creator Jared Rethman. Jared shared the potential of real-time infrastructure for WordPress and how it may be a defining feature moving forward.

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Today’s episode features a segment from Matt’s interview with Vlad from ScalaHosting, a Foundation+ sponsor of The WP Minute. He stopped by to chat about the rapidly evolving hosting industry, the role of AI in development and security, and the story behind ScalaHosting’s SPanel product.

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Today’s episode features a segment from Eric’s interview with WordPress developer Andrew Norcross. Andrew stopped by to discuss the stagnant job market for web professionals and the role AI is playing in it. 

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We’re nearing the release of WordPress 7.1, and it promises to be a watershed moment. This version will include some highly visible new features, such as responsive styling. Release lead Anne McCarthy stopped by to show us what’s new and discuss some items that didn’t make the cut.

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Today’s episode features a segment from Eric’s interview with developer and core contributor Elliott Richmond. Elliott stopped by to give us an inside look at WordPress Playground and to show us how to harness it for client training, prototyping, and more.

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Today’s episode features a segment from our June 2026 member meetup, where Kurt von Ahnen and Eric Karkovack led a discussion about the current state of business. The guys talked about client spending habits, AI’s impact on the market, and why foundational knowledge still matters.

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Today’s episode is all about teaching others to use WordPress. It includes a segment from Eric’s interview with Allie Nimmons, a LinkedIn Learning instructor and WordPress coach. Allie provided some great tips for teaching clients how to use their website. 

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Today’s episode features a segment from Matt’s discussion with Metodi Drenovski, the founder and CEO of JetHost, a pillar sponsor of The WP Minute.

Metodi stopped by to talk about JetHost’s role in the hosting landscape, the challenges of using AI in customer support, and what agencies need from their web host. You’ll also find helpful tidbits on WooCommerce vs. Shopify and AI site builders.

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Today’s episode features a segment from Eric’s interview with GravityKit’s Zack Katz. Zack stopped by to share his solution to securing his company’s plugins against supply chain attacks. He also provided a live demo of the new Block MCP tool, which makes it easy to target specific blocks when editing your website with AI.

You can catch the entire episode over on our WP Minute+ channel. Visit thewpminute.com for all the details: https://thewpminute.com/better-plugin-security-and-ai-workflows-with-zack-katz/ 

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